# 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

The 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 14th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all the matches were played at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff.
The 2020 tournament was suspended with three games left to play, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled in August with no winner announced.

## Participants

| Nation | Head Coach | Captain |
| England | Alan Dickens | Jack van Poortvliet |
| France | Philippe Boher | Nolann Le Garrec |
| Italy | Massimo Brunello | Luca Andreani |
| Ireland | Richie Murphy | Alex Kendellen |
| Scotland | Sean Lineen | Alex Samuel |
| Wales | Ioan Cunningham | |

## Table

| Position | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Bonus points | Total points |
| Position | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Tries | Loss | Total points |
| 1 | England | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 69 | 96 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 117 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 100 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Wales | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 153 | −62 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 98 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Scotland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 189 | −122 | 9 | .27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Updated: 17 July 2021 ||||||||||||||
Table ranking rules
* Four match points are awarded for a win.
* Two match points are awarded for a draw.
* A bonus match point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
* Three bonus match points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (known as a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team always ranks over a team who won four matches in which they also were awarded four try bonus points and were also awarded two bonus points in the match that they lost.
* Tie-breakers
** If two or more teams are tied on match points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
** If the above tie-breaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scored the higher number of total tries in their matches is ranked higher.
** If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title is shared between them.

## Fixtures
### Week 1

* 19 June 2021 14:00
| Scotland | 7 – 38 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| Try: Gourlay 20' Con: Scott 20' | Report | Try: Soroka 3' Penalty try 36' Illo 42' Kendellen 56' Jennings 62' Osborne 78' Con: Humphreys 3' Corkery (2) 62' 78' |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
| FB | 15 | Ollie Melville |
| RW | 14 | Finlay Callaghan | | 45' |
| OC | 13 | Scott King |
| IC | 12 | Elliot Gourlay |
| LW | 11 | Michael Gray | 36' |
| FH | 10 | Cameron Scott | | 60' |
| SH | 9 | Murray Redpath | | 47' |
| N8 | 8 | Ben Muncaster |
| OF | 7 | Harri Morris | 41' |
| BF | 6 | Archie Smeaton | | 61' |
| RL | 5 | Alex Samuel | | 72' |
| LL | 4 | Max Williamson |
| TP | 3 | Ollie Frostick | | 40' 79' |
| HK | 2 | Patrick Harrison | | 50' |
| LP | 1 | Cole Lamberton | | 50' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Jamie Drummond | | 50' |
| PR | 17 | Michael Jones | | 50' |
| PR | 18 | George Breese | | 40' 79' |
| LK | 19 | Euan Ferrie | | 72' |
| BR | 20 | Ollie Leatherbarrow | | 61' |
| BR | 21 | Ethan McVicker | | 47' |
| WG | 22 | Christian Townsend | | 60' |
| WG | 23 | Rhys Tait | | 45' |
| Coach: ||
| FB | 15 | Jamie Osborne |
| RW | 14 | Ben Moxham |
| OC | 13 | Shane Jennings |
| IC | 12 | Cathal Forde |
| LW | 11 | Josh O'Connor | 54' |
| FH | 10 | James Humphreys | 29' |
| SH | 9 | Conor McKee | 63' |
| N8 | 8 | Alex Kendellen |
| OF | 7 | Oisin McCormack | 58' |
| BF | 6 | Alex Soroka | 47' |
| RL | 5 | Harry Sheridan |
| LL | 4 | Mark Morrissey |
| TP | 3 | Sam Illo | 58' |
| HK | 2 | Ronan Loughnane | 61' |
| LP | 1 | Temi Lasisi | 58' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eoin de Buitlear | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Jack Boyle | 58' |
| PR | 18 | Mark Donnelly | 58' |
| LK | 19 | Donnacha Byrne | 58' |
| FL | 20 | Reuben Crothers | 47' |
| SH | 21 | Will Reilly | 63'' |
| FH | 22 | Tim Corkery | 29' |
| WG | 23 | Chris Cosgrave | 54' |
| Coach: ||
| Richie Murphy ||
* 19 June 2021 17:00
| (1 BP) England | 38 – 22 | France |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Chris Busby
* 19 June 2021 20:00
| Italy | 8 – 25 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Nika Amashukeli

### Week 2

* 25 June 2021 14:00
| (1 BP) England | 31 – 12 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Nika Amashukeli
* 25 June 2021 17:00
| (1 BP) Italy | 11 – 13 | France |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Adam Leal
* 25 June 2021 20:00
| Wales | 12 – 40 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Tual Trainini

### Week 3

* 1 July 2021 14:00
| Scotland | 3 – 43 | Italy (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Tual Trainini
* 1 July 2021 17:00
| (1 BP) France | 36 – 19 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
* 1 July 2021 20:00
| Ireland | 15 – 24 | England (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Adam Jones

### Week 4

* 7 July 2021 14:00
| (1 BP) Italy | 23 – 30 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Sam Grove-White
* 7 July 2021 17:00
| (1 BP) France | 45 – 21 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Adam Jones
* 7 July 2021 20:00
| Wales | 3 – 45 | England (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Chris Busby

### Week 5

* 13 July 2021 14:00
| (1 BP) England | 27 – 17 | Italy |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Hollie Davidson
* 13 July 2021 17:00
| (1 BP) Ireland | 28 – 34 | France (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Sam Grove-White
* 13 July 2021 20:00
| Scotland | 24 – 32 | Wales (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Adam Leal